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Nice review (Reply to this comment)
by dbezan
Nice, thorough review about what sounds like a very interesting book.
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Dec 31 '01
9:26 am PST
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Re: Very+well+written+review (Reply to this comment)
by pageclot
Thank you, Howard. According to Keegan, the desire to get the thoughts and remembrances of veterans on records comes in cycles. Shortly after World War II, when there was a flurry of books, lots of veterans were touring the battlefields of Normandy. Later, the more scholarly works were written, with greater access to materials, so veterans were called on once more to tour the battlefields with these scholars. Even later, tours of battlefields became popular among veterans going overseas on holidays. And finally, and perhaps most ominously, cold war military planners looking for a model of defense that would work against the Soviets (if they decided to attack Western Europe with land forces), and the best model they could find for outnumbered troops holding up and almost bottling up an invasion, was the German defence of Normandy. So the veterans trooped out again, but this time, with a different perspective and goal in mind.
I expect that the Eisenhower centre, and the D-Day museum will begin getting more materials for study as D-Day veterans pass on.
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Jul 27 '01
4:40 am PDT
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Re: VVH (Reply to this comment)
by pageclot
Thanks, Jan!
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Jul 27 '01
4:28 am PDT
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Re: I+was+considering.... (Reply to this comment)
by pageclot
Very interesting! I thought that the movie was based on this book as well. The cover says that it "inspired" the movie, which is fair, I suppose, as there's very little overlap.
A friend of mine once roped me into joining the Military Book Club well before I could afford to. It might be nice to re-join now.
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Jul 27 '01
4:25 am PDT
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Re: superb+work! (Reply to this comment)
by pageclot
Thanks, Jon. What's interesting about reading military books is not just the action, but also discovering that different military writers have different styles and voices. Craig's is pretty good.
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Jul 27 '01
4:22 am PDT
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by pageclot
Thanks!
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Jul 27 '01
4:20 am PDT
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Very well written review (Reply to this comment)
by Howard_Creech
I haven't read this one, but I loved Craig's "The Fall of Japan" Historians today have access to much more information, but to fewer of the survivors. It is popular to compare the work of current historians to the work of those writing in earlier times, but writers like William Craig and David Lavender paved the roads that todays historians travel along. Once again, very nicely done. Howard
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Jul 26 '01
8:29 pm PDT
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VVH (Reply to this comment)
by jankp
You're definitely one of the best. Thank you.
Jan
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Jul 13 '01
12:53 pm PDT
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I was considering.... (Reply to this comment)
by JAMES23
... picking this one up as my selection of the month from the Military Book Club. I think the blurb that says it was used to base the terrible movie on was what prevented me. Actually the movie is a poor adaptation of the excellent "novel" War of the Rats which I do recommend.
James
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Jul 04 '01
2:50 pm PDT
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superb work! (Reply to this comment)
by jkkelley
A very balanced and thoughtful take on one of my favourite military books of all time. Stirring stories, human interest, and history as accurate as one could ask of Craig in 1972. I'm not surprised that you did such a good job with the review, of course, but I'm surely pleased.
jk
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Jul 03 '01
7:10 pm PDT
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by diamion
Excellent and informative work!
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Jul 03 '01
7:08 pm PDT
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